Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LMFI) (which received funding from Philip Morris International in 2017 to undertake "research and awareness activities, exploring the scope and drivers of illegal trade in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland.[2]) For more information, go to PMI IMPACT

Criticised EU Tobacco Control Measures

EPICENTER has criticised the EU Tobacco Products Directive for "curbing innovation and variety" in e-cigarettes, and further claiming that the legislation "will prove counterproductive" and "is not backed by substantial evidence".[9]

Innov8 Europe

EPICENTER organises Innov8, an annual conference held in Brussels, which aims to: "focus on a number of different aspects of innovation and will comprise of important discussions on how European policy should move forward." [10]

The October 2016 event included a session on 'Innovation in harm reduction' and speakers included:[11]

Gustav Blix, former Swedish Member of Parliament, Director of EPICENTER

The 'Nanny State Index'

In March 2016, EPICENTER launched the so-called 'Nanny State Index', designed by Christopher Snowdon, to show "the worst places in the European Union to eat, drink, smoke and vape".[12] The Nanny State Index appears to be a counter-initiative to the Tobacco Control Ranking Scale, an initiative first launched by the European Cancer Leagues in 2006,
which monitors the implementation of tobacco control policies at country-level across Europe.[13]

In 2016 and 2017, EPICENTER presented the updated Nanny State Index at a conference in Brussels. In March 2017, event speakers included:[14]